Government - Union
In Washington, the House of Representatives votes - 93 - 39 - a measure abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
Military - Union
Georgia
Union bombardment from Tybee Island against Fort Pulaski resumed early in the morning on this day.
Young Confederate commander Colonel Charles H. Olmstead surrendered the fort in mid-afternoon.
Over 5,000 shot and shell had been fired against Fort Pulaski. In return, only one Union soldier had been killed. In addition, although Fort Pulaski was a wreck, only one Confederate soldier had died - although several had been wounded.
The fall of Fort Pulaski successfully blocked the main channel to SAvannah and greatly strengthened the effectiveness of the never-ceasing Confederate blockade.
Alabama
Troops under the command of Brigadier GEneral Ormsby Michel occupied Huntsville, Alabama, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, not far from Chattanooga.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Wartrace, Tennessee.
At Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, Major GEneral Henry W. Halleck, Union Commander in the West, arrives to take over active field command. This relegates General Grant to a position behind Halleck.
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Shiloh (not the same Shiloh that was in Tennessee!)
Virginia
At the siege of Yorktown, there is further light skirmishing.
Confederate - Military
The CSS Virginia (Merrimack that was) steams forth from Norfolk into Hampton Roads. It was accompanied by a few gunboats. There is uproar and consternation among the Union transports, supply vessels and fleet. However, the Monitor was there. The Confederates managed to capture three merchant vessels, but there was no fight. The Southern commander indicated he awaited combat with the Monitor, but the Monitor did not come forward.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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